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Council advances $3.176 million from general fund to cover interim parks and water-tower costs
Summary
Milford council approved an ordinance advancing $250,000 to the Parks and Recreation Fund and $2,926,400 to the Water Tower Improvement Fund to provide interim financing while the city awaits grant reimbursements, city manager said the advances will be repaid when reimbursements are received.
Milford City Council on April 15 adopted an ordinance amending city appropriation ordinances to advance funds from the general fund to two capital funds while the city awaits grant reimbursements.
City Manager Benjamin Gunderson asked council to advance $250,000 from the general fund to the Parks and Recreation Fund (204) and $2,926,400 to the Water Tower Improvement Fund (515) to ensure those projects remain funded while the city processes grant reimbursements. Gunderson said reimbursements for work related to the kayak launch are still pending, and that the city recently received another $65,000 toward that project.
Regarding the water tower project, Gunderson said the city received an Ohio Builds grant award and is drawing down grant-eligible expenses as work proceeds. He told council the Ohio Builds funding is tied to ARPA and that, “I believe it’s December 31 of 2026” is the spending deadline; that date was presented as staff information and attributed to the city manager in the meeting. Gunderson said the advances will be reimbursed to the general fund once grant reimbursements are received.
Council approved the ordinance (25-351) on first/only reading; the roll-call vote on adoption was unanimous.
The ordinance directs the finance director to amend appropriation ordinances 2024-317 and 2025-340 to implement the advances. Gunderson said staff will continue submitting reimbursement requests and track the pay applications so the city can return the advanced funds to the general fund when the grants reimburse eligible costs.
